Evaluation of Educational Tools for Pregnant Women

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Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy happen in 5% of pregnancies. Being aware of symptoms and complications may help women to present early and preserve their own and their baby's health.

The proposed research aims to evaluate the impact of educational tools in pregnant women from an ambulatory population. These tools include a detailed pamphlet (including a graphic-based summary), a magnet summarizing symptoms and appropriate action, and a video. Level of knowledge will be evaluated after one month with a validated questionnaire. We will also evaluate if getting more information about preeclampsia increases patient anxiety as well as satisfaction about the tools.

Condition or disease

Intervention/treatment

Preeclampsia

Other: Educational tools

Detailed Description:

Background: Preeclampsia is a leading cause of maternal/fetal morbidity/mortality. Pregnant women are often poorly informed on preeclampsia and seeking care too late results in maternal/fetal complications. Many healthcare providers believe that delivering information for low-risk women only make them more anxious.

Preliminary data: We published that an information pamphlet on preeclampsia increases knowledge, without increasing anxiety, and generates high satisfaction in women hospitalized for preeclampsia.

Objectives: Demonstrate that (1) ambulatory low-risk pregnant women will benefit from the pamphlet/video with improved knowledge; (2) without any increase in anxiety, and with great satisfaction.

Sample size: N=178 will provide 80% power to find a significant improvement of at least 20% in knowledge score and 96% power to find a difference of at least 1 on scale for anxiety (alpha of 5%). Assuming a drop-out rate of 10%, missing answers <20%, and rate of answered questionnaire #2 of 50%, 400 subjects will be recruited.

Anticipated results: The tools will improve knowledge by about 20% in intervention group compared to control group. They will not increase anxiety over one point and will be highly appreciated by women.

Subjects will receive at time 0 the educational tools (pamphlet-including a graphic-based summary, a magnet and a 12 minutes video). They will then have to answer a questionnaire 1 month later about knowledge, anxiety and satisfaction.

Other: Educational tools

Subjects will receive the educational tools. They will then receive one month after a questionnaire about knowledge, anxiety and satisfaction.

Other Names:

Pamphlet (including a graphic-based summary)

Magnet-summary

Video

No Intervention: Usual antenatal care

Subjects in this group will not receive any more educational tools that what is generally offered in routine antenatal care.

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Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)

Sexes Eligible for Study:

Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Women between 20+0 to 32+6 weeks pregnant

Aged 18 years old or more

Who present at the Blood Sampling in Pregnancy clinic

With an adequate understanding of written and spoken French or English in order to read the pamphlet and fill out the self-administered questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

Consideration of an interruption of pregnancy for maternal or fetal reasons